South Coast Field Station citron

Citrus medica L.

CRC 3546
PI 539435

Source

Received as budwood from South Coast Field Station in Irvine, Ca, 1966.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. From a citron tree growing at South Coast Field Station in Irvine, Ca.

Rootstocks of accession

Yuma Ponderosa lemon

Season of ripeness at Riverside

November to January

Notes and observations

12/2/1987, EMN: This is a medium sized elongate citron with a prominent nose. Rind yellow, moderately pebbled & furrowed. Rind thick to very thick, flesh greenish, sour; seedy.

12/5/2006, DK & TS: Elongate, egg-shaped; thick, sweet rind; flesh rather dry, sour, but with good citron flavor; fairly seedy; probably an Etrog type.